I tried it once, back in the army, but didn't care for it. My father smoked for 15 years, then quit cold-turkey. He called the first week after doing so one of the most horrid weeks of his life.He died from cancer. Funny how it works that way, eh?

Started in 10th grade....a long time ago.Quit for 8 months in 92. Just quit. Had half a pack left and 3 or 4 packs in a carton. Started dating a chick who smoked and I was still OK till one evening I put one in my mouth to light it for her....Quit in Jan....Smoked a pack and a half in less than 12 hours and decided that was enough. Obammy is scheduled to raise taxes, Doyle (our fabulous governor) is slated to do the same.I suppose I'm an ass since I will no longer be giving my hard earned money to support other peoples health care through the tobacco tax.I still really miss it. I promised myself if I'm still around and the stuff is legal I'll take it back up when I'm 80.

I've never smoked, but I used to use smokeless tobacco. I quit at the behest of my wife, who was still just my girlfriend at the time, who thought it was a really nasty habit, which it is, and was tired of me doing it. Gave it up cold turkey. Really missed it for about two weeks, and then cravings pretty much disappeared. Haven't touched it for about 15 years.

It is interesting that this two year old thread came back from someone named "hanger" posting, but then the post got erased, and the thread is still here with "hanger" listed as the last poster in the topic area, but not here.It took me nine times to quit smoking. Hypnosis didn't work, twice. The wellbutrin pill didn't work the first time, the patch didn't work twice, and the gum didn't work twice, and will power didn't work. The ninth time, with the help of group therapy and the VA program, I quit on 4-4-04 successfully. We took the wellbutrin pill two for two days then one a day for 8 weeks, starting one week before our quit date. We saved up the butts in that week in a half 20 oz bottle of water. We attended group therapy weekly for 6 weeks. On the quit day, we started on the patches. I knew from previous experience that the 7mg/day step down was too much for me, so I used one 4mg nicotine gum the first day, two halves the next two days, to smooth the let down. When I had an urge, I would use sugar free hard candy, sugar free gum, and take whiffs off that butt bottle and nearly dry heave. The group therapy gave me some tools like keeping in mind the goals, drinking plenty of water, and taking vitamins. I didn't want the health risks any more. I wanted better stamina at my high altitude home. So, with the so called poll, there is no choice for all of these and more. Nicotine is as addictive as crack cocaine, and tougher to quit that booze in some ways. I had quit drinking almost 8 years before I quit smoking, and was well established with "To thine own self be true", which helped with the discipline and spiritual power to break that nasty habit.

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